---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 14 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO SALARIES FOR SUBSTITUTE TEACHERS."
description: "This Act allows for juniors and seniors majoring in education at a Delaware college or university to be paid $83 per day as substitute teachers, the same rate paid to those who hold a bachelor's degree but not a teaching license. This will encourage education students to gain some field experience, while also incentivizing a larger pool of potential substitute teachers to address a growing difficulty in finding qualified, reliable substitute teachers for our schools."
jurisdiction: "us/states/de"
legislature: "Delaware General Assembly"
session: "149"
identifier: "HB 88"
citation: "Delaware HB 88 (149)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bryan Townsend", "Sean Matthews"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 9
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2017-03-23"
last_action: "2018-03-16"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/cd86d274-26eb-457e-85e1-d61d4a310eab"
source_url: "https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=25521"
source_hash: "9cfb6b0d6e1c21a510ea4b4256d571d50c675bad09008cbd085b843967ea4d29"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-de"]
---

# Delaware HB 88 (149) — AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 14 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO SALARIES FOR SUBSTITUTE TEACHERS.

This Act allows for juniors and seniors majoring in education at a Delaware college or university to be paid $83 per day as substitute teachers, the same rate paid to those who hold a bachelor's degree but not a teaching license. This will encourage education students to gain some field experience, while also incentivizing a larger pool of potential substitute teachers to address a growing difficulty in finding qualified, reliable substitute teachers for our schools.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Bill Text** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legis.delaware.gov/json/BillDetail/GenerateHtmlDocument?legislationId=25521&legislationTypeId=1&docTypeId=2&legislationName=HB88)

## Votes

- SM — **20–0** (pass) · upper
- SM — **40–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Bryan Townsend — primary (person)
- Sean Matthews — primary (person)
- Daniel B. Short — cosponsor (person)
- Edward S. Osienski — cosponsor (person)
- Helene M. Keeley — cosponsor (person)
- John Walsh — cosponsor (person)
- Kimberly Williams — cosponsor (person)
- Paul S. Baumbach — cosponsor (person)
- Stephanie T. Bolden — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2017-03-23** Introduced and Assigned to Education Committee in House `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2017-04-26** Reported Out of Committee (Education) in House with 10 On Its Merits `committee-passage`
- **2017-05-02** Amendment HA 1 to HB 88 - Introduced and Placed With Bill `amendment-introduction`
- **2017-06-30** Amendment HA 1 to HB 88 - Passed In House by Voice Vote `amendment-passage`
- **2017-06-30** Passed By House. Votes: 40 YES 1 ABSENT `passage`
- **2017-07-12** Assigned to Education Committee in Senate `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2018-01-17** Reported Out of Committee (Education) in Senate with 4 On Its Merits `committee-passage`
- **2018-03-06** Passed By Senate. Votes: 20 YES 1 ABSENT `passage`
- **2018-03-16** Signed by Governor `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/cd86d274-26eb-457e-85e1-d61d4a310eab`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Delaware legislature records).